On 05/26/2011 06:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> From: Michael Wild <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: 05/25/2011 10:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [CMake] Cannot find source file: *.rc >> Sent by: [email protected] >> >> On 05/25/2011 11:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> > I use mc.exe to generate an *.rc file and some headers for my program. >> > The *.rc file is listed as an output of a custom command and as a source >> > to an executable. During configuration CMake tells me it can't find a >> > source file and lists the *.rc file. I've check the generated property >> > of the *.rc file and it is true, so why does CMake expect it to be >> > present during configuration? >> > >> > I've tried to make a small example, but when I try to do that everything >> > works. What I'm looking for is a reason why it would only effect large >> > build systems on not small build system, or why does this only effect >> > this *.rc and none of the other twenty or thirty files I generate? Is >> > there something special about *.rc files? >> > >> > I'm really just grabbing at straws here because I've been trying to fix >> > this for months, with no luck. So any ideas are welcome. >> > >> > --- >> > Aaron Wright >> >> Is the add_custom_command call generating the *.rc file in the same >> directory as your add_executable call? >> >> Michael > > It is neither in the same CMakeLists.txt nor is the *.rc file generated > anywhere close to the executable. > > I did work around this by writing a dummy file at configure time with > FILE(WRITE. Thought that seems a little hacky.
That is the problem. GENERATED source files only seem to work when used in the same directory. Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
